compatible
Capable of working together without conflict.
Adjective 3 meanings
Capable of working together without conflict.
“This printer isn't compatible with my computer.”
Able to get along well.
“My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.”
Consistent; congruous.
“His actions were compatible with his sermons.”
Noun 1 meaning
Something that is compatible with something else.
“a computer company that sells IBM compatibles”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English compatible, fron Anglo-Norman compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.
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COMPATIBLE at a glance
COMPATIBLE has 10 letters and scores 18 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + P 3 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 23 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,317 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with compatible
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
One letter away
- COMPATIBLY21
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